CVE-2020-12723

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12723
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-05 15:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 10:17:26 UTC
Descriptionregcomp.c in Perl before 5.30.3 allows a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression because of recursive S_study_chunk calls.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-120 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Billing And Revenue Management 12.0.0.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Billing And Revenue Management 12.0.0.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Eagle Application Processor All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Eagle Lnp Application Processor 10.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Eagle Lnp Application Processor 10.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Lsms All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Offline Mediation Controller 12.0.0.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center All All All All
Application Oracle Configuration Manager 12.1.2.0.8 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.4.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Sd-wan Edge 8.2 All All All
Application Oracle Sd-wan Edge 9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Sd-wan Edge 9.1 All All All
Application Oracle Tekelec Platform Distribution All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: perl-5.30.3-452.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
study_chunk: avoid mutating regexp program within GOSUB · Perl/perl5@66bbb51 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0850-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
perl5/perl5303delta.pod at blead · Perl/perl5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
June 2020 Perl Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
study_chunk recursion · Issue #17743 · Perl/perl5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Comparing v5.30.2...v5.30.3 · Perl/perl5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Segfault in S_study_chunk (regcomp.c:4870) · Issue #16947 · Perl/perl5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202006-03) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: perl-5.30.3-452.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159183 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for perl (ELSA-2021-9238)
  • 20286 Oracle Database 19c OJVM Critical Patch Update - January 2021
  • 20301 Oracle Database 18c OJVM Critical Patch Update - January 2021
  • 20312 Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 Critical OJVM Patch Update - January 2021
  • 239170 Red Hat Update for perl (RHSA-2021:0883)
  • 239179 Red Hat Update for perl (RHSA-2021:1032)
  • 239423 Red Hat Update for perl (RHSA-2021:2184)
  • 377427 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for perl (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0004)
  • 377575 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for perl (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0012)
  • 500526 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
  • 504287 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 730228 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3445, WP-3483, WP-3527, WP-3528, WP-3547, WP-3584,WP-3589,WP-3611)
  • 940101 AlmaLinux Security Update for perl (ALSA-2021:0557)

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